{"product_id":"a-pictorial-history-of-costume-1955-bruhn-max-tilke-color-plates-fashion-2","title":"A Pictorial History of Costume 1955 Bruhn Max Tilke Color Plates Fashion","description":"A Pictorial History of Costume by Wolfgang Bruhn and Max Tilke. Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1955. Large-format hardcover, printed in Germany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully illustrated survey of clothing across centuries and cultures, featuring striking color plates alongside detailed historical costume illustrations. The richly colored images capture elaborate fabrics, headdresses, gowns, military attire, and regional dress, making the illustrations the standout feature of this volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn appealing visual reference for costume designers, theatrical costumers, illustrators, fashion historians, and collectors of illustrated books. Coverage ranges from antiquity through later European fashions and national costumes, with the photographed plates including ancient Egypt, Renaissance Italy and Germany, the Netherlands, and Russia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBound in orange cloth with black spine lettering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Fair overall, with more attractive illustrated interiors. Former library copy with stamps, embossed ownership mark, handwritten classification numbers, and spine markings. Covers show rubbing, soiling, and edge wear, with pronounced fraying and exposed board at corners. Page edges are toned and bear heavy black ink markings, visible along the outer margins of some leaves. Some page corners are creased. The color illustrations shown remain vivid and clearly legible. No dust jacket. Please review photographs carefully.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU D-12","brand":"Second Chapter Book Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67706291912952,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0859\/1025\/7912\/files\/4a1906cd-9b36-46b1-8494-76594e336875_f7e9bff4-adb1-4e87-a8ca-cd013584310a.jpg?v=1792226544","url":"https:\/\/secondchapterbookco.com\/products\/a-pictorial-history-of-costume-1955-bruhn-max-tilke-color-plates-fashion-2","provider":"Second Chapter Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}